Major Upsets

[WillAndrew]

I have resisted getting this game so far because I felt that my dynasty was ruined every season last year when the top 5 teams would lose a game within the first 3 weeks so EA could show off their fancy new Studio Update feature. I know that the Studio Updates are still there, but I was just wondering if the upsets have been toned down this year? Poor Oregon couldn't get to PAC12 play before having 3 losses last year lol.

[PittPens1787]

I've played a season mode and gotten through one year of my dynasty.

At some point during both seasons, so many top teams were upset that Mississippi State held the #1 spot in the nation.

Haven't yet seen an undefeated season and I've seen a total of probably 20+ FCS victories over FBS teams.

Didn't have NCAA13, but I'd venture to guess the upsets have not been toned down.

EDIT: Also, Oregon finished both of those seasons as an unranked team hovering around .500 despite being rated something like 95 OVR with 99 OFF.

[LowerWolf]

I'm only six weeks into Season 1, but so far Alabama, Ohio State, Oregon and Notre Dame are chugging along undefeated. Bama has pretty much destroyed everyone it's played.

Stanford has lost to Washington State and Washington. Georgia lost to Tennessee (and Clemson). Clemson lost to Syracuse. Florida State got destroyed by Maryland. Florida lost to Miami. LSU lost to Mississippi State.

Oh, and Louisville lost to FIU (of course, I'm FIU).

[tony kant think]

In my 3rd season, Ohio state has lost a total of 3 games in 3 years, Bama is at 5, Norte Dame around 5-6. The top teams are at the top with an upset or two from year to year. This has allowed Ole Miss to rise to the top and beat Bama in 2014, but in the rematch in 2015 Bama roasted the Rebels.


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[beekay415]

I always see Stanford lose to army

[JrueToTheGame]

In my dynasty Ohio State has lost 2 games in the last 4 year lol Top Teams dominate just like they should.

[jello1717]

I haven't had an issue with upsets in '14. I did in '13 and I fixed the problem myself and if I have that issue in '14 (I'm in year 2019 now) I'll fix them the same way I did in '13. Here's what I did.

I only saved ranked teams. If a team isn't ranked I didn't feel the need to save them from an upset.
I didn't save anyone the first 3 weeks of the season.
I set up guidelines for acceptable upsets. If a ranked team was @ home had had a full letter grade advantage in their OVR grade, I'd save them if they were upset (IE. A+ vs. B+ would be saved, A+ vs. A- would not). If the ranked team was on the road then they had to have a full letter grade + 1/3 advantage (IE. A+ vs B would be saved, A+ vs. B+ would not).
I didn't save anyone if 2 ranked teams played each other.

I saved them like this:
I'd save the week after my game.
I then looked at all top 25 matchups to see who couldn't be upset.
If it was worthy I'd "sim" the game (the games were actually simmed during the week advance to this week so I'm not simming the game, but just revealing the results of the sim).
If a ranked team was upset I'd make note of the game.
When I found all teams that needed to be saved I'd exit the dynasty and reload (which was after my game, but before revealing any sim results).
For teams that needed to be saved I'd "play" the game, using the correct playbooks for both teams.
I'd supersim to the end.
The ranked team got 1 chance to be saved. If they win the supersim, then they were saved. If they lost the supersim (which rarely happened, but it did happen) then the underdog earned the upset and I would keep it.

The whole process wasn't nearly as complicated as it seems all written down, but I wanted to give full details in case anyone wanted to do the same. This was well worth the effort in '13 as it kept things much more realistic.

[PittPens1787]

Good to hear most aren't having the same problems with upsets I am. Hopefully it gets better for me in future seasons